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#129EFE

#129efe ≈ Carolina Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#129efe is a color from the azure family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 7.06% red, 61.96% green and 99.61% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 92.91% cyan, 37.8% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.39% black. Its hue angle is 204.41°, with 99.16% saturation and 53.33% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 7.35:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Carolina Blue (#56a0d3), ΔE 5.17.

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Web safe#0099ff
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Relative luminance0.3174

Complementary

  1. #129efe
  2. #fe7212

Split complementary

  1. #129efe
  2. #fe1228
  3. #fee812

Analogous

  1. #12fee8
  2. #129efe
  3. #1228fe

Triadic

  1. #129efe
  2. #fe129e
  3. #9efe12

Tetradic

  1. #129efe
  2. #7212fe
  3. #fe7212
  4. #9efe12

Square

  1. #129efe
  2. #e812fe
  3. #fe7212
  4. #28fe12

Monochromatic

  1. #004676
  2. #0174c3
  3. #129efe
  4. #5ebdfe
  5. #aadcff

Shades

#129efe mixed progressively with black.

  1. #129efe
  2. #108ee5
  3. #0e7ecb
  4. #0d6fb2
  5. #0b5f98
  6. #094f7f
  7. #073f66
  8. #052f4c
  9. #042033
  10. #021019
  11. #000000

Tints

#129efe mixed progressively with white.

  1. #129efe
  2. #2aa8fe
  3. #41b1fe
  4. #59bbfe
  5. #71c5fe
  6. #89cfff
  7. #a0d8ff
  8. #b8e2ff
  9. #d0ecff
  10. #e7f5ff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#129efe mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #129efe
  2. #1d9bf1
  3. #2898e5
  4. #3395d8
  5. #3e92cc
  6. #498fbf
  7. #548cb2
  8. #5f89a6
  9. #6a8699
  10. #75838d
  11. #808080

Readable text 2.86:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 7.35:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #999999 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #799bc9 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #6fa3ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #4b90fc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #00b5c2 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #58a1ff ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #3c96fd ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #00acdc ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-129efe {
  color: #129efe;
}
Background
.bg-129efe {
  background-color: #129efe;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-129efe {
  border: 2px solid #129efe;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #129efe;
  --color-primary-rgb: 18 158 254;
  --color-primary-hsl: 204 99% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-129efe {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #129efe, #1228fe);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-129efe {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(18 158 254 / 0.35);
}

#56a0d3 Carolina Blue ΔE 5.17 #1e90ff Dodger Blue ΔE 5.21 #318ce7 Bleu de France ΔE 6.32 #71a6d2 Iceberg ΔE 7.04 #5b92e5 United Nations Blue ΔE 7.41 #6495ed Cornflower Blue ΔE 8.25 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 10.83 #ed6101 Inverted #999999 Grayscale 

Carolina Blue
#129efe  rgb(18, 158, 254)  hsl(204, 99%, 53%)  Carolina Blue
#fe7212  rgb(254, 114, 18)  hsl(24, 99%, 53%)  Pumpkin
#fe129e  rgb(254, 18, 158)  hsl(324, 99%, 53%)  Persian Rose
#9efe12  rgb(158, 254, 18)  hsl(84, 99%, 53%)  Spring Bud